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58 Tongcheng Acquires Youxin's Used Car Online Auction Business for $105 Million
On March 24, 58 Tongcheng announced that it had acquired Youxin's B2B used car online auction business for $105 million in cash. After the completion of this transaction, 58 Tongcheng will be based on the strong used car platform traffic advantage, integration of Youxin auction business, to create an efficient used car industry circulation system, to provide a more quality and protection of the integrated system solutions, help the majority of car dealers to improve the efficiency of automobile transactions.
Ministry of Commerce says Beijing to release no less than 100,000 more car purchase indicators in the first half of the year
The Ministry of Commerce said in a news release today that in response to the impact of the outbreak of the epidemic on the consumer market, Beijing is studying the development of policies and measures to promote automobile consumption.
One is to launch a policy of eliminating and renewing old cars with high emissions as soon as possible, releasing a portion of the old car stock index, which will be transformed into a contribution to the consumption of newly-purchased cars during the year by setting up subsidy incentives and a time limit for car purchases.
The second is for the city without a car and in the waiting range of new energy vehicle demand families, the first half of the release of no less than 100,000 more car purchase indicators, to promote the new demand for families to buy a car consumption, is expected to be quickly converted into consumption increment within this year, will be added to the total retail sales of about 20 billion yuan of new society.
Thirdly, the study is to launch a special minibus license plate limited to driving in the suburbs, not included in the city's motor vehicle ownership control indicators, effectively meet the demand for suburban families to buy cars and travel at the same time, and orderly guide the non-capital function of the evacuation and coordinated development of the region.
The above policy is undoubtedly the biggest benefit is the new energy vehicles, this news was announced, the A-share automobile class, battery class and other related stocks to achieve a V-shaped reversal.
However, the news, which was announced on the Ministry of Commerce's website, was deleted shortly afterward. Sources said the news is still under study and has not yet been formalized.
SoftBank will take the lead in investing $300 million in Didi's self-driving division
A few days ago, according to foreign media reports, Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group, is about to take the lead in investing $300 million in the self-driving division of Didi?Chuxing. And this financing, will also be a certain degree to accelerate the maturity of the landing of the drop of automatic driving technology. However, in the case of the global economy received the epidemic impact, Softbank itself is not optimistic about the financial situation. In a surprise statement on Monday, SoftBank said it plans to sell up to 4.5 trillion yen (RMB 287.5 billion) worth of assets next year to fund a 2 trillion yen share buyback program, and to repay debt and buy back bonds. The move is a step by SoftBank to restore investor confidence at a time when its stock and its portfolio companies have been hit hard by a plunge in financial markets.
Ford rating downgraded to lowest investment grade by Fitch? Losses of $8 billion expected from plant closures
Ford announced on March 23 that it would suspend vehicle and engine production work at its plants in India, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam in response to the growing impact caused by the New Crown virus, according to foreign media reports. Last week, Ford, along with General Motors and FCA, announced that it would be suspending production work in North America due to the new crown virus. In addition, the company previously announced the suspension of production at its European plants. Fitch downgraded Ford Motor Company's credit rating as the neo-crest virus pandemic hit the supply chain and reduced demand for vehicles in the global marketplace.On March 23, Fitch downgraded Ford's credit rating to BBB- and gave a negative outlook. Previously, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas also lowered Ford's target price on March 11, he also mentioned the "demand shock" caused by the epidemic. Fitch Ratings said in a report, "We currently view Ford as financially flexible and able to cope with the impact of plant closures, but concerns are growing that extended plant closures and weak demand in a global recessionary environment could put further pressure on the company's credit profile." Ford declined to comment directly on Fitch's rating downgrade.
Fiat Chrysler Aims to Produce 1 Million Masks a Month in China, Donate to U.S. Health Care Facilities
Fiat Chrysler is using an automotive plant in China to produce one million masks a month to donate to U.S. emergency responders and health care facilities, the company's Chief Executive Officer, Mike?Manley, said in an e-mail to employees on March 24th. Remodeling of the plant began Monday, and Fiat expects to start production in the coming weeks. A company spokeswoman said making the masks at the Chinese plant, which is already up and running, is the fastest way to get much-needed supplies to U.S. health workers.
Toyota closed five assembly plants in Japan as of April 3? cuts production by 36,000 units
Toyota Motor Corp. will begin suspending production at five assembly plants in Japan from April 3, thereby adjusting capacity amid a slump in demand due to the new coronavirus pandemic. That will affect mass production and exports of a range of Lexus-branded models and Toyota Prius and 4Runner?SUVs. Toyota said Monday night that the shutdown will result in a reduction of about 36,000 units in the production plan. That's a sign that the outbreak is expected to send a downward shock to the company's sales in global markets. Toyota Motor said the affected plants include Toyota's Takaoka, Tsutsumi, Tahara and Kyushu plants. There is also a Hamura plant operated by a Hino Trucks subsidiary.
Polestar?2 officially starts mass production in China unaffected by the outbreak? Deliveries expected in June
Polestar, the electric car brand controlled by Volvo Cars and Geely, said Monday that the Polestar?2 will officially begin mass production this week at its Luqiao plant in Taizhou city in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Polestar said that while the outbreak of the new coronavirus persists, it is strengthening its hygiene policies, such as taking workers' temperatures and insisting on the use of face masks, and that the Chinese team has no confirmed cases. This means Polestar?2 will be able to meet its delivery schedule. Last December, Polestar CEO Thomas?Ingenlath said, "The Polestar?2 mold test prototype has begun production at the Zhejiang Luqiao plant and is close to volume production. It is planned that the model will go on sale in the first half of 2020. We will continue to keep our promise (to deliver on schedule)."
Chinese Express' world's first vehicle-road-city integrated smart city 5G driverless transportation operation sample released
Recently, Chinese Express' world's first vehicle-road-city integrated smart city 5G driverless transportation operation sample was successfully landed in the Artificial Intelligence Pavilion of Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park. This is another major leap in the "Three Wisdom" strategy of Chinese Yuntong after the release of the "Smart Road" in Yancheng in January 2019 and the luxury all-area intelligent pure-electric supercar SUV HiPhi?1 in July. Chairman Ding Lei said, "The project landing of the three wisdom in a full range of various fields provides a successful practice and a complete set of system solutions for the future travel vision of zero accident, zero emission and zero congestion."
Tencent-led Lilium raises $240 million?Pushes electric flying cab service in 2025
Munich, Germany-based startup Lilium has announced that it has closed a new round of financing and raised more than $240 million, which the company plans to use to continue to develop its Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicle, according to foreign media reports, and to begin building a production facility in order to expand its production capacity, with the official launch of such aircraft expected in 2025.Lilium primarily designs and builds vertical take-off and landing cabs that can reach speeds of up to 100?km/h, and the company plans to operate its own fleet of flying cabs. The financing was internal (i.e. invested by existing investors, not new ones) and closed last month. The round was led by China's Tencent, with participation from previous investors European venture capital firm Atomico, Freigeist, and LGT, the world's largest family-owned private banking and asset management group. The company's valuation has not been disclosed, but it is confirmed to be higher than it was at the time of its Series B funding round in 2017. SaaS firm PitchBook estimated that the company was valued at about $470 million last year.
Ford files patent for EV mobile charging system-related applications
The U.S. Patent Office last week published a patent application filed by Ford in September 2018 related to electric vehicle applications, according to electrek. The patent application is very broad, revealing a high-level portable, flexible, modular charging device that can be adapted to a wide range of electric vehicles and charging posts with different technologies to create an effective system. The patent application is titled "Portable Charging System and Method of Charging" and describes, "An exemplary charging system comprises a first portable charger electrically coupled to an electric vehicle, and a second portable charger providing electrical energy to charge a traction battery. " Sam Abuelsamid, principal analyst at market research firm Navigant Research, said Ford's patent "encompasses the most likely combination of multiple portable charger combinations." He explained
Drop's senior vice president Fu Junhua left the company, and the new three-year plan was formally proposed
The afternoon of March 24, DDT released an all-employee letter announcing a series of personnel adjustments, as well as announcing its three-year goals for the future. DDT said that Fu Junhua (Maggie?Fu), senior vice president of the group and general manager of universal travel and service business group, left DDT for personal reasons. Fu Junhua joined DDT for five years, and had been responsible for finance, legal affairs, administration, etc. At the end of 2018, she became the general manager of DDT's universal travel and service business group, reporting to Cheng Wei. At the same time, Fu Junhua is also the Chief Experience Officer (Chief?Customer?Officer) of DDT and the general manager of the Experience Service Development Platform (ESE), the administrative head of the general office, reporting to Liu Qing. Currently the former deputy general manager Liu Xidi took over the management of ESE this department. All staff letter announced the goals of the next three years, the goal is "0188": that is, to be a company focusing on safe and sustainable development, daily service more than 100 million single, domestic full travel penetration rate of more than 8%, the global service user MAU more than 800 million.
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